John T. Murphy Papers> 1865-1935

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John T. Murphy Papers> 1865-1935

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John T. Murphy (1842-1914) was a Helena, Montana, merchant, rancher, banker, and mine investor. Collection (1865-1935) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents and other material of Murphy, the Murphy Estate, and various companies he founded, including the Powder River Land and Cattle Company, Montana Cattle Company (Seventy-Nine Ranch), and the Murphy-Maclay Hardware Company.

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Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives

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Murphy, John T., 1842-1914

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John T. Murphy was born on a farm in Platte County, Missouri, on February 2, 1842, the first of two children of William S. and Amelia Tyler Murphy. John helped his father on the farm and attended a private school until the age of 17 when he set out on his own. Murphy joined the Colorado gold rush, but as a merchant, not a miner. For the first year and a half, he was a clerk in a Denver store. He then moved to Nevada City, Colorado, where he opened his own store. With profits from th...